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Burgess Shale

The excavation site at Burgess shale, a black shale fossil bed which has produced extremely well-preserved, diverse and unusual fossils. It was named after the nearby Mount Burgess in the Canadian Rockies.
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Title: Burgess Shale
Caption: The excavation site at Burgess shale, a black shale fossil bed which has produced extremely well-preserved, diverse and unusual fossils. It was named after the nearby Mount Burgess in the Canadian Rockies.
Category: people • nature • Geology & Fossils
Credit: Album / Science Source / L. Newman & A. Flowers
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Image size: 3830 × 2502 px | 27.4 MB
Print size: 32.4 × 21.2 cm | 1507.9 × 985.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: BURGESS SHALE • BURGESS • EARTHWORK • EXCAVATE • EXCAVATION SITE • EXCAVATION • FOSSIL BED • FOSSIL • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GROUNDWORK • NATURE • NAVVYING • PEOPLE • SHALE • SIEGE • SITE • SLATE